The Plainspoken Scientist [19:53:30]
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Do you think you have what it takes to create the next viral video or geo-style trend? Prove it by taking part in the 2014 Student T-shirt Design and Student Video contests. The winner of each contest will receive free registration to the 2014 AGU Fall Meeting. Plus, T-Shirts with the winning design will be sold at the AGU Fall Meeting, with proceeds going to the Student Travel Grant Fund. More about each contest is
A new book on paleoseismology, archaeoseismology and earthquakes on the Iranian Plateau has been published in the Developments in Earth Surface Processes series. Volume 17 is dedicated to Earthquakes and Coseismic Surface Faulting on the Iranian Plateau A Historical, Social and Physical Approach, and it is authored by Manuel Berberian. The book not only covers
Barks no sólo era un maestro en los relatos largos. También dibujaba historias breves, y sabía aprovechar ese espacio. Dado que no podía desarrollar argumentos complejos, iba directamente a la acción, en [...]
The Geology P.A.G.E. [18:26:00]
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The next story up in the Geology Though Literature thread is The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo. As with my other entries, answers can be either worked out or I can send them. Posting the answers I [...]
Went to the seaside for the wedding anniversary. It would have been very nice had not the sellers of the house we are trying to buy pulled out of the sale the day before. The sale is, apparently, now back on [...]
As promised, here is the second article on Mick Davis. Again, it is a great read for a little glimpse into the investing and business development side of the mining industry. This article focuses more on his [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [23:10:09]
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We reflect on our American heritage with July 4th on the horizon and our weekend adventures coming up. How about a little Utah history to go with it? Sedimentary rocks are telling teachers in piecing together [...]
Mountain Beltway [14:18:55]
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(85 visits) category→science_technology Devonian,Silurian; ZA
Here’s a breccia that Dan Doctor and I found in a tabular zone within the Helderberg Group (Devonian limestones) in one of the massive new roadcuts along Corridor H. link Is it a fault breccia or a [...]
There is a somewhat odd relationship between me and Zion National Park. I love the place, I've been there probably 20 times in the last two decades, but I haven't seen a whole lot of the park. The problem is [...]
The exterior surface of most tailings, waste rock, and heap leach facilities include: A top deck which is the flatter surface that forms the top surface of the facility. This is usually sloped at between [...]
As if this blog wasn't quiet enough, someone has been trying to reduce the post count even further. Reader may recall a brief blogstorm concerning a so-called journalist Christopher Johnson, who was [...]
Geoscience researchers from a dozen countries have been meeting at the Lodge on the Desert in Tucson since Sunday, working on the latest developments for the geoscience markup language, GeoSciML. We're [...]
A little while ago, as some of you may have guessed from my tweets, I was in Mexico City on a business trip. My reason for the whirlwind visit was to present a talk about volcanic hazards to the New Horizons [...]
NOAA on Rip CurrentsNOAA NOAA Describes the Great Pacific Garbage PatchNOAA Alaska’s Historic Natural Gas EquityFuelFix.com Towns in New York Can Prohibit FrackingNew York Times Worker at Siberian Mine Finds [...]
Forecasts suggest we’re looking ahead to an El Niño event this year—a warming of the eastern and central Pacific Ocean around the equator that can affect weather patterns around the globe. But what [...]
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new
Names are assigned as tropical storms are discovered, using a list of names developed by the World Meteorological
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new
Dinosaurios (el cuaderno de Godzillín) [10:43:00]
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En las últimas semanas hemos estado informando a través de nuestro Facebook y nuestro Twitter de todos los preparativos de la exposición "Dinosaurios maravillosos de España", que llevará [...]
SOILS MATTER, GET THE SCOOP! [15:00:50]
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Question: What does the term “groundwater recharge” mean and why is it important? Answer: Let’s start with the term “groundwater.” Groundwater is defined as the water that is obtained by
We’re making good progress in our preparations for the NRG BESS Conference 2014 at the University of Southampton! Our first keynote speaker is confirmed – Prof Georgina Mace, Professor of [...]
When Seattle gets too hot for comfort, we head for the mountains. Which is why your miniseries on shiny esplodey things that aren’t fireworks will be slightly delayed – we headed out for...
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The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published a series of reports assessing how rapid growth in U.S., and possibly global, oil and gas production from shales may impact various [...]
On May 5th, 1877, the German paleontologist Karl Zittel first laid eyes on one of the most stunning
Lounge of the Lab Lemming [15:33:00]
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The Geological Society of America’s (GSA) Mineralogy,
Geochemistry, Petrology, and Volcanology (MGPV) division has announced a new Early
Career award. Details are available here. Any GSA member can [...]
Views of the Mahantango [09:01:00]
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I came upon this plate of shale in a small quarry near the town of Fayette in New York. It comes from the Levanna Shale of the Skaneateles Formation and is covered with brachiopod fossils called Leiorhynchus [...]
Environment and Geology [08:25:00]
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Illegal and indiscriminate river sand mining is going to cause a large number of environmental and social problems in World.ByDr. Nitish PriyadarshiGeologist. This is Kanchi river which provides sands to [...]
This interactive map is really fun. It is produced by the Arizona Geological Survey, the Arizona Division of Emergency Management, Arizona Emergency Information Network, and FEMA. It shows the locations of [...]
Sondaggio: guardate l'immagine qui sopra, e ditemi quale ritenete che sia, come prima impressione e senza fare calcoli, la lunghezza della barra orizzontale sopra cui sono allineati i 17 uomini che vedete.
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This 20-second time lapse video shows the
distribution and relative magnitude of earthquakes in Arizona from Jan. 1
to June 30, 2014. Saturday night's magnitude 5.2 earthquake on the
Arizona-New Mexico [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [22:49:21]
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latimes.com Scott Richardson is up at dawn, standing atop a rocky ridgeline near his base camp, a solitary figure in the slanting light. He surveys a primordial wilderness of dry creek beds and stands of [...]
What do America, Bulgari, Cher (and Houston) have in common? Well, since you asked: BULGARI launched an AMERICA-inspired collection of jewelry in the 1970s called “Stars and Stripes” — which was modeled [...]
Lake Scientist [15:29:22]
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Oil and gas exploration in remote Arctic regions has many inherent challenges. Foremost among these is the need to develop strategies to dispose of wastes associated with the drilling of[...]
The post Research [...]
This month’s open thread. Topics of potential interest: The successful OCO-2 launch, continuing likelihood of an El Niño event this fall, predictions of the September Arctic sea ice minimum, Antarctic [...]
Über die Vorteile von Natursteinböden gegenüber anderen Bodenbelägen Natursteinexperte Detlev Hill hat im Interview mit uns über unser gemeinsames Lieblingsthema geredet und uns dabei [...]
The National Hurricane Center has continuously-updated maps that show the location and expected paths of tropical storms. They also show the portions of United States coastlines that are under storm watches [...]
Utah Geological Survey - blog [19:20:34]
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Wasatch Range, Utah County, Utah Photographer: Stevie Emerson; © 2013 Glacially carved Timpanogos Basin in the Wasatch Range, Utah
* all images FOP 2014 An inhalation of overwhelming toasted sweetness coincides with something sticking to the bottom of your shoes. It’s as though you are suddenly swimming in air filled with sugar. At [...]
Dan\'s Wild Wild Science Journal [07:48:05]
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You may need to click on the image above to really see the ripples across the top of Arthur, so do that first, before I tell you why they are there. You are looking at gravity waves, but a better way of [...]
Netzwerk für geowissenschaftliche Öffentlichkeitsarbeit [10:35:42]
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Die NABU-Moorschutzkonferenz ludt zu Moorschutzdialog mit Politik, Wissenschaft und Verbänden
Beautiful weather. The blueberries are just starting and they are abundant. Nobody is here for the short week, I guess they all want to meet the new
Diseño de camiseta del alemán Sven Palmowski, artista nacido en Stuttgart. Allí estudió Bellas Artes y en 2004 se mudó a Barcelona (España), donde trabaja como ilustrador freelance. Esta prenda puede [...]
Most of my favourite stories come from real life. Hidden gems, tucked away in annuals and magazines centuries-old. Unbelievable tales from friends that you would not believe if you saw it in a film or read it [...]
The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) recently published a series of reports assessing how rapid growth in U.S., and possibly global, oil and gas production from shales may impact various [...]